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Dementia in a patient with Thymoma and hypogammaglobulinaemia (Good's syndrome)
| dc.contributor.author | Jesus, NP | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carvalho, PM | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alves-Moura, JJ | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-12-02T19:01:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-12-02T19:01:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Good's syndrome is extremely rare and refers to an acquired B and T cell immunodeficiency in thymoma patients. The authors of this article present a case report of a 75-year-old, caucasian male patient previously subjected to examinations for secondary dementia and recurrent infections, which revealed paraneoplastic syndrome arose from thymoma. He underwent thymectomy, while his immunodeficiency syndrome sustained with frequent opportunistic infections, constantly requiring intravenous immunoglobulin treatment. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Cases J. 2008 Aug 13;1(1):90. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/250 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.subject | Agamaglobulinemia | en |
| dc.subject | Timoma | en |
| dc.title | Dementia in a patient with Thymoma and hypogammaglobulinaemia (Good's syndrome) | en |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | |
| rcaap.type | article | en |